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Ernst Bach
Ernst Bach (10 May 1876 – 1 November 1929) was an Austrian actor and playwright. He made his debut as an actor at the Wiener Raimond Theater in 1899. In 1903 he moved to Berlin to the Residenztheater, then to Lustspielhaus in 1905, where he became Regisseur in 1906 and in 1908 Oberregisseur. In 1909 he started what was to become a 20-year partnership with Franz Arnold with whom he wrote more than 20 plays, mainly farces and operettas. Their first hit play was '' The Spanish Fly'' in 1913. They went on to become one of the leading playwriting teams in Weimar Germany.Grange p.61 In 1917 he became the director of the Muenchener Volkstheater in Munich, whilst continuing his writing partnership with Franz Arnold at Starnberg. He remained in Munish until his death in 1929. Plays by Arnold and Bach *'' The Spanish Fly'' (1913) *''Die schwebende Jungfrau'' (1916) *''Die Fahrt ins Glück'' (1916, Operetta, music by Jean Gilbert) *''Die bessere Hälfte'' (1917) *''Fräulein Puck'' (1919, V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheb
Cheb (; german: Eger) is a town in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 30,000 inhabitants. It lies on the river Ohře. Before the 1945 expulsion of the German-speaking population, the town was the centre of the German-speaking region known as Egerland, part of the Northern Austro-Bavarian dialect area. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation. Administrative parts Cheb is divided into the following parts: * Bříza * Cetnov * Cheb * Chvoječná * Dolní Dvory * Dřenice * Háje * Horní Dvory * Hradiště * Hrozňatov * Jindřichov * Klest * Loužek * Pelhřimov * Podhoří * Podhrad * Skalka * Střížov * Tršnice Name and etymology The name of the town was in 1061 recorded as ''Egire''; in 1179 it was known as ''Egra''; from 1322 as ''Eger'' and the surrounding territory as ''Regio Egere'' and ''Provincia Egrensis''; after the 14th century also as ''Cheb'' or ''Chba''. From 1850 it was given the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Warm Corner
''A Warm Corner'' is a 1930 British comedy film directed by Victor Saville and starring Leslie Henson, Heather Thatcher and Austin Melford. The film's sets were designed by Walter Murton. It was based on a successful play by Franz Arnold and Ernst Bach. It featured an early screen appearance by Merle Oberon. It was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios by Gainsborough Pictures.Wood p.70 The film's sets were designed by Walter Murton. Cast * Leslie Henson as Mr Corner * Heather Thatcher as Mimi * Austin Melford as Peter Price * Connie Ediss as Mrs Corner * Toni Edgar-Bruce as Lady Bayswater * Alfred Wellesley as Mr Turner * Kim Peacock as Count Toscani * Belle Chrystall as Peggy * George DeWarfaz as Count Pasetti * Harry Crocker Henry Joseph Crocker II (July 2, 1893 – May 23, 1958) was an American journalist and occasional film actor. Life and career Although Crocker was for most of his career a ''Los Angeles Examiner'' newsman, he also appeared as Rex in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daring Swimmer
''The Daring Swimmer'' (german: Der kühne Schwimmer) is a 1934 German comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Ralph Arthur Roberts, Susi Lanner, and Ida Wüst. Cast *Ralph Arthur Roberts as Otto Eberlein * Susi Lanner as Käthe *Ida Wüst as Gabriele Degenhardt *Elga Brink as Annemarie *Harald Paulsen as Fritz Neubauer *Erik Ode as Alfred Möbius *Hugo Fischer-Köppe as Wernicke *Gerhard Dammann *Anna Müller-Lincke *Gerti Ober *Else Reval *Willi Schaeffers Willi Schaeffers (1884–1962) was a German film actor and cabaret performer.Jelavich p.246 Selected filmography * '' The Blue Mouse'' (1913) * '' A Blackmailer's Trick'' (1921) * '' Nameless Woman'' (1927) * '' The Street Song'' (1931) * '' Kiki ... References External links * Films of Nazi Germany German comedy films 1934 comedy films Films directed by Georg Jacoby German films based on plays Tobis Film films German black-and-white films 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's A Boy (film)
''It's a Boy'' is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Leslie Henson, Albert Burdon and Edward Everett Horton. It is a farce about a blackmailer who attempts to demand money from a young woman on the brink of marriage. It was based on the 1931 play ''It's a Boy'' by Austin Melford, an English adaption of the 1926 play ''Hurra, ein Junge'' by Franz Arnold and Ernst Bach.Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986. p. 78. with sets designed by the art director Alex Vetchinsky. Plot On the eve of his society wedding, Dudley Leake and his best man James Skippett get drunk at his bachelor party. While in his cups Dudley confides to his friend about a brief fling he had with a woman just before the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914. The following morning they oversleep and are late for their wedding. While they are dressing themselves Joe Piper, a young man with a strong Northern accent, appears at the flat and cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dangerous Game (1933 Film)
''The Dangerous Game'' (Swedish: ''Den farliga leken'') is a 1933 Swedish comedy film directed by Weyler Hildebrand and starring Edvard Persson, Doris Nelson and Eivor Kjellström.Qvist & von Bagh p.124 The film's art direction was by Bibi Lindström. Cast * Edvard Persson as Vredberg * Doris Nelson as Mrs. Vredberg * Eivor Kjellström as Rut Vredberg * Åke Ohberg as Bruce * Anders Frithiof as Smith * Marianne Löfgren as Margit Smith * Gustaf Wally as Mr. Wallenberg * Harry Ahlin as Wigert * Åke Söderblom as Klang * Margit Rosengren as Lola Brio See also * ''Business Under Distress ''Business Under Distress'' ( cs, To neznáte Hadimršku) is a 1931 Czech comedy film directed by Karel Lamač and Martin Frič. A German version of the movie ''Wehe, wenn er losgelassen'' was released in 1932. Cast * Vlasta Burian as Popele ...'' (1931) * '' Wehe, wenn er losgelassen'' (1932) * '' Josef the Chaste'' (1953) References Bibliography * Qvist, Per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Thousand For One Night
''A Thousand for One Night'' (German: ''Tausend für eine Nacht'') is a 1933 Czech-German comedy film directed by Max Mack and starring Claire Rommer, Trude Berliner and Harald Paulsen. A separate Czech-language version was also produced. The film's sets were designed by Erich Zander. The film was partly shot on location at the Czech spa resort of Marienbad which was then part of the German-speaking Sudetenland. Its plot concerns a German mother who is anxious for her daughter to marry an aristocrat rather than a jazz musician. Cast *Claire Rommer as Erika Lauff, daughter *Trude Berliner as Tanzsoubrette Ossy Walden *Harald Paulsen as Frank Wellner, jazz musician *Jakob Tiedtke as Jakob Lauff * Johanna Terwin as Adele, his wife *Eugen Jensen as Haberland, her friend *Willy Stettner as Peter Stengel, his nephew * F.W. Schröder-Schrom * Alfred Gerasch *Alexander Murski Alexander Alexandrovich Murski ( Russian: Александр Александрович Мурс ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wehe, Wenn Er Losgelassen
''Wehe, wenn er losgelassen'' (lit. "Woe if He is Let Loose") is a 1932 German-Czech comedy film directed by Martin Frič and Karel Lamač. It is a German language version of the Czech film ''Business Under Distress'' (1931). Cast * Vlasta Burian as Theobald Haselhuhn * Mabel Hariot as Pussi Angora * Harry Frank as Georg Schilling * Friedl Haerlin as Asta, dessen Tochter * Friedrich Hölzlin as General director Bruckmann * Karl Forest as Frank Krüge * Josef Rovenský as Prisoner * Eugen Jensen as Consul Wieland * Inge Rahm as Loisi * Josef Holub as Servant Kampl (as Seff Holub) * Anny Bondy as Secretary Mana Müller * Friedl Haerlin as Asta Wielandt * Jan W. Speerger as Shopkeeper See also * ''Business Under Distress ''Business Under Distress'' ( cs, To neznáte Hadimršku) is a 1931 Czech comedy film directed by Karel Lamač and Martin Frič. A German version of the movie ''Wehe, wenn er losgelassen'' was released in 1932. Cast * Vlasta Burian as Popele ...'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Night Without Pause
''The Night Without Pause'' (german: Die Nacht ohne Pause) is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Andrew Marton and Franz Wenzler and starring Sig Arno, Camilla Horn and Max Adalbert.Waldman p. 193 It was made by the German subsidiary of Universal Pictures in partnership with Tobis Film. The film's sets were designed by Fritz Maurischat and Gabriel Pellon. It is based on a popular stage farce by Ernst Bach and Franz Arnold, and was remade in 1952. Synopsis When his wife becomes suspicious that he is having an affair after discovering incriminating evidence, Julius Seipold manages to convince her that it is his innocuous assistant Max who is having a relationship. He invents a wild backstory about Max, which in turn fascinates the Julius Seipold's daughter Gertie. Cast * Sig Arno as Max Stieglitz * Camilla Horn as Letta Larbo * Max Adalbert as Julius Seipold * Ida Wüst as Regine Seipold * Ilse Korseck as Gertie Seipold * Paul Richter as Walter Reimann, Filmregisseur * Will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spanish Fly (1931 Film)
''The Spanish Fly'' (German: ''Die spanische Fliege'') is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Betty Bird, Lizzi Waldmüller and Fritz Schulz. It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin. It was based on the 1913 play '' The Spanish Fly'' by Franz Arnold and Ernst Bach. The film was remade in 1955. Cast *Betty Bird *Lizzi Waldmüller * Fritz Schulz *Hans Brausewetter *Oscar Sabo *Julia Serda *Lizzi Natzler *Ralph Arthur Roberts *Paul Westermeier *Hans Hermann Schaufuß *Gertrud Wolle *Paul Biensfeldt *Arthur Mainzer *Henry Bender * Franz Weber *Laurie Lane *Erika Helmke Erika Helmke (1908–2002) was a German stage and film actress.Hinton p.167 She married the Canadian artist Herbert Dassel and emigrated to Canada. Selected filmography * '' The Spanish Fly'' (1931) * ''I Do Not Want to Know Who You Are'' (1932) ... References Bibliography * Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1931''. Klaus-Archiv, 2006. External links * 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hooray, It's A Boy! (1931 Film)
''Hooray, It's a Boy!'' (german: Hurra – ein Junge!) is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Lucie Englisch, Max Adalbert and Ida Wüst. It is based on the 1926 play of the same name. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Emil Hasler and Otto Hunte. Cast * Lucie Englisch as Henny Weber *Max Adalbert as Geheimrat Theodor Natusius *Ida Wüst as Mathilde Natusius * Fritz Schulz as Dr. Waldemar Weber *Jessie Vihrog as Ellen Lüders *Georg Alexander as Dr. Kurt Brandt *Ralph Arthur Roberts as Fritz Pappenstiel *Lotte Lorring *Vicky Werckmeister as Dienstmädchen Anna *Hans Hermann Schaufuß Hans Hermann Schaufuß (13 July 1893 – 30 January 1982) was a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1922 to 1969. His sons were actors Hans Joachim Schaufuß Hans Joachim Schaufuß (transliterated: Schaufuss) (28 Decemb ... as Bürovorsteher Kiebitz See also *'' It's a Boy'' (1933) *'' Hooray, It's a Boy!'' (1953) *' (1961) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Business Under Distress
''Business Under Distress'' ( cs, To neznáte Hadimršku) is a 1931 Czech comedy film directed by Karel Lamač and Martin Frič. A German version of the movie ''Wehe, wenn er losgelassen'' was released in 1932. Cast * Vlasta Burian as Popelec Hadimrška * Meda Valentová as Mici Angora * Otto Rubík as Jiří Zlatník * Marie Grossová as Asta Vieland * Čeněk Šlégl as Consul Peter Vieland * Jaroslav Marvan as Bruckmann, general director * Jindřich Plachta as Butler Puntík * Eman Fiala as Vychodil * Světla Svozilová as Cousin Aloysia Zlatnik * Josef Rovenský as The Pickpocket * Jan Richter as Police Commissar * Jan W. Speerger as Salesman / angel in the dream / councillor See also * ''Wehe, wenn er losgelassen ''Wehe, wenn er losgelassen'' (lit. "Woe if He is Let Loose") is a 1932 German-Czech comedy film directed by Martin Frič and Karel Lamač. It is a German language version of the Czech film ''Business Under Distress'' (1931). Cast * Vlasta Bur ...'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weekend In Paradise (1931 Film)
''Weekend in Paradise'' (German: ''Wochenend im Paradies'') is a 1931 German musical comedy film directed by Robert Land and starring Trude Berliner, Claire Rommer, and Julius Falkenstein.Dahlke & Karl p.351 It was remade in 1952. The film's art direction was by Robert Neppach and Erwin Scharf. Cast * Otto Wallburg as Regierungsrat Dittchen * Claire Rommer as Hedwig, Dittchens Frau * Julius Falkenstein as Ministerialdirektor Dr. Grimeisen * Walter Steinbeck as Ministerialrat Breitenbach * Anton Pointner as Oberregierungsrat von Giersdorf * Wolf von Rothberg as Regierungsassessor Winkler * Aenne Goerling as Adele Haubenschildt, Landtagsabgeordnete * Trude Berliner as Tutti, Animierdame * Else Elster as Lore Dietrich, Stenotypistin * Hans Halden as Wuttke, Bürodiener * Franz Weber as Seidel, Kriminalwachtmeister * Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Badrian, Villenbesitzer * Paul Westermeier as Brose, Diener im "Hotel Paradies" * Kurt Lilien as Löffler, Portier * Eva L'Arronge as Olly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
